The Story of Friar’s Head, Campobello Island, N.B.

Lewis Mitchell

Pleasant Point, Maine

1896

[Albert S. Gatschet, Passamaquoddy field notes 1889-99, vol. 2, pp. 168–72. ms 233, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Retranscribed and retranslated by Philip S. LeSourd in consultation with David A. Francis, Sr., of Pleasant Point and Wayne A. Newell of Indian Township. Draft: January 12, 2019.]

1.   Píhce nekè wikihtusŏpónik wskicinúwok Wskitapehsùhk.

      [Long ago some Indians were living at Friar’s Head.]

2.   Nìt muhsaltìnĭya nàksq naka wskinùhs.

      [Then a young woman and a young man fell in love.]

3.   Kisŏlútŏmak wnisŭwínĭya, on wnikihkù ’qolhomakúnĭya.

      [They decided to marry, and then their parents forbade them to do so.]

4.   Malom-ŏte nàksq wnikihkù macéhĭyik Ŏtuhki-Mŏníhkuk.

      [Finally the young woman’s parents left for Deer Island.]

5.   Nahàht-te welaqíwik nomihtúniya pessehtékil wíkŭwal, on macéwsan wskinùhs, úlŏpin.

      [Early that evening they saw the lights of each other’s camps, and the young man walked off and sat down.]

6.   Yàt-ŏna nàksq macéwsan, weci-wŏlapŏtíhtit.

      [The young woman walked off as well, so that they could see each other plainly.]

7.   Wtotŏli-sasŏtemínĭya.

      [They were crying.]

8.   Nìt-te tŏqìw etŏli-pŏnapsqiyáhtit.

      [They both turned to stone right there.]

9.   Wskitápĭyok wtoliwiyánĭya winitehewìn naka wskitápehs.

      [The men called (the young man) a person of no fortitude and a worthless man.]